A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in Ascension Parish,
and a 14-year-old was arrested in connection with his death, the Ascension
Parish Sheriff's Office said Saturday.

Christian Crain was shot in the head Friday night while in a bedroom of a
home on the 14200 block of Oak Meadow Street in Prairieville with two other
teens. The 14-year-old confessed to police that he accidentally shot Crain and disposed
of the gun in the backyard, the sheriff's office said.

Three adults were allegedly home at the time a 14-year-old shot 13-year-old Christian Crain to death Friday night in Prairieville. From top to bottom, Judy Himel, 44, Devin Himel, 18 and, Danielle Gaudin, 25.Courtesy of Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office

The teen also confessed to smoking marijuana, and the drug
was found in the bedroom, officials said.

The gun, a dark-colored .38 special revolver, was stolen
from a vehicle in a nearby neighborhood a few days before the shooting, the
sheriff's office said.

The 14-year-old was
arrested and booked into the St. James Detention Center on suspicion of
negligent homicide, possessing a stolen firearm, possessing marijuana, and possessing
a handgun as a minor.

Three adults were home at the time of the shooting and were
also arrested, the sheriff's office said. Prairieville residents Judy Himel,
44, Danielle Gaudin, 25, and Devin Himel, 18, were booked into Ascension Parish
Jail on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.